Vance: "Which regime in the world has civil nuclear power and enrichment without having a nuclear weapon? The answer is - no one."

Germany, Netherlands, Brazil and Japan all have civil nuclear power and the ability to enrich uranium. None have nuclear weapons.

"If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment." -Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve

Opinion | Trump logic: ‘We want to help vets.’ ‘I help vets.’ ‘You’re fired.’ You can cancel their programs, cut off their pay, but you can’t sideline them. They are federal employees.

A fired fed talking about DOGE, quoted by @marcfisher.bsky.social: "They did no assessment of what works. They didn’t ... find out what made the most sense to cut. They’ve damaged agencies so badly that now they can say it’s not working. Maybe that’s what they wanted all along.”
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If Hegseth resigns and we get an Acting Secretary of Defense, it'll be the eighth time we've had one.

One came under Nixon, a second under GHW Bush.

And then we had *five* under Trump.

people seriously ask us if we've ever seen any ninja turtles in our sewer work, and i can't help but think "wow people really don't understand how ninjas operate"

A couple of days ago, I finished this piece about how bad Trump's first week in office was.
But who could have predicted how disastrous the second week was going to be?
Actually, anyone paying attention.

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